Maggie Siff • July/August 2017
Features
She's Worth Billions
They play husband and wife on Showtime’s “Billions,” but one of the first scenes Paul Giamatti filmed with actress Maggie Siff was far from your usual get-to-know-you moment. • …
Rome Is Burning
Picture a driver, his car on a highway. There’s traffic. Movement. Slower. Faster. Clutter on the right. Construction up ahead on the left. He’s got the radio on, listening to The …
Trouble in Paradise
The loosening of travel restrictions to Cuba brings good news and bad news. In the 1990s, the few Americans who were approved to make the trip were smart to bring basic amenities—…
Gin’s The Thing
If you seek one spirit to give you endless enjoyment and room for exploration, look no further than the bracing, zesty, alluring charms of gin. It lies at the core of all true …
The New Courses Of 2017
For new golf courses, 2017 is a very special year. While course development in the United States was shanked out of bounds by the economic downturn of 2008 and new constructi…
The Blackjack Ball
It seems like a typical Saturday night in Las Vegas. Slot machines clang from one end of the Strip to the other. Various iterations of Cirque du Soleil shows go off precisely as …
Mercedes Revs Up
Arizona Route 89A is not for the faint of heart. One blind curve flows into another, the hilltops linked by short straights of well-worn asphalt with sheer cliffs menacing on …
Cigars
Heirloom Seeds
Tobacco growers are looking to the past for new flavor, working with old seeds once lost to the annals of time.
The Big Smoke Hits Miami Beach
The crowd came early and stayed late, eager to be part of the first Big Smoke in Miami in nearly 20 years. It was a night of cigars, great cocktails, a festive atmosphere and some …
Connoisseur’s Corner: A Perfect Por Larrañaga
A corona-sized pre-Castro Cuban joined our small club of perfect cigars. The cigar, wrapped in a sleeve of cedar for the last 60 or so years, exhibited not only a perfect draw and …
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
An Open Letter to Newly Named FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
Dear Dr. Gottlieb, Congratulations on your May 9, 2017 appointment as FDA commissioner. You step into this role at a crucial time. I am writing you on behalf of a small, …
Out Of The Humidor
Dear Marvin, From the first time I watched “Shark Tank,” Daymond John [“A Shark with Style,” June 2017] impressed me both with his business acumen and his personality. If I …
The Good Life
Bone China Ashtrays
Cigar ashtrays are often oversized statements of masculinity. They could be made from a hefty slab of metal, a portly hunk of ancient wood or perhaps a brick-thick slab of …
The Customized Gin & Tonic
Blame it on science. When cures for malaria came along, the point of adding tonic to gin was no longer the big blast of quinine that treated, but didn’t heal, the symptoms of the …
Boston Harbor Hotel
At very few urban hotels can a visitor arrive by boat. Take the water taxi from Logan Airport to Boston Harbor Hotel, however, and you put your flight behind en route to the …
Sailing Watches
Sailing enthusiasts turned their attention to Bermuda in June, when the sport’s fiercest competitors and fastest vessels vied to take home sporting’s oldest trophy as the victor …
Baseball is Back
Two tenets of collecting that seem axiomatic are that it’s always wise to invest in that which is timeless and that men of all ages will collect baseball cards. That second notion …
Titleist 917D2 Driver
You’ve heard the saying a thousand times on the course: drive for show, putt for dough. Leave the big dog in the bag and worry about 100 yards and in. But where’s the fun in …
Kitchen Knives
If men involve themselves in culinary purchases it is usually with huge outdoor barbecues meant to instill grill envy in their neighbors or cast-iron, gas-driven ranges that lend …
Lexus LC500
For some folks, a day in paradise means soaking up the Hawaiian sun. For us, it’s about climbing behind the wheel of the new Lexus LC500 and heading off to explore the hidden …
The Blue Blazer
Sartorial quiz: If a man has but one jacket to pack for a summer weekend, what is it? The answer—the standard blue blazer with its casual, but regimented look—while kind of …
Made For You, August 2017
In a world of fast food and one-size-fits-all sensibilities, how often does something feel made especially for you? The "Made for You" section celebrates those items that are …